Method for Making Use of Site Activity Index and a System Thereof

1. A method for applying site activity indexes by a site activity index applying system connected to a plurality of user terminals through the Internet, the method comprising: determining whether a user desires to buy a game item for use in a game provided on a web site; determining whether to use the user's site activity indexes so as to buy the game item; determining whether the user possesses the site activity indexes; and exchanging the site activity indexes with one or more game items in response to a determination that the user possesses the site activity indexes, wherein the site activity indexes comprise numerical activity indexes provided to the user according to the user's activities on the web site, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes comprise at least one of a transaction activity on the web site, an activity for viewing advertisements in the web site, an activity for joining events in the web site, an activity for transmitting or receiving mail through the web site, and an activity for logging in to the web site.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the exchanging the site activity indexes with one or more game items comprises: checking whether to generate new site activity indexes in response to a determination that the user possesses no site activity indexes; generating site activity indexes according to the user's activities in the web site in response to a determination that the user desires to generate site activity indexes; and exchanging the generated site activity indexes with game items.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the site activity indexes further comprise game scores acquired through games, and numerical indexes of degrees for using charged/non-charged services, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes further comprise an activity for joining web sites cooperating with and other than the web site as a member, and an activity for using services of the cooperating web sites.

4. A method for applying site activity indexes by a site activity index applying system connected to a plurality of user terminals through the Internet, the method comprising: determining whether a user selects joining a charged game provided on a website; determining whether to use the user's site activity indexes so as to join the charged game; determining whether the user possesses the site activity indexes; converting the site activity indexes into game credits in response to a determination that the user possesses the site activity indexes; and enabling the user to join the selected game with the converted game credits, wherein the site activity indexes comprise numerical activity indexes provided to the user according to the user's activities on the web site, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes comprise at least one of a transaction activity on the web site, an activity for viewing advertisements in the web site, an activity for joining events in the web site, an activity for transmitting or receiving mail through the web site, and an activity for logging in to the web site.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising: converting the site activity indexes into game credits for each game in response to the game credits being exhausted.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein converting the site activity indexes into game credits comprises: determining whether to generate new site activity indexes in response to the user possessing no site activity indexes; generating site activity indexes according to the user's activities on the web site in response to a request of the user to generate site activity indexes; and converting the generated site activity indexes into game credits.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the site activity indexes comprise at least one of numerical activity indexes provided for free to the user according to the user's activities on the web site, game scores acquired through games, and numerical indexes of degrees for using charged/non-charged services.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes comprise at least one of a transaction activity on the web site comprising settlement, an activity for viewing advertisements on the web site, an activity for joining events on the web site, an activity for joining web sites cooperating with the web site as a member, an activity for using services of the cooperating web sites, an activity for transmitting and receiving mail through the web site, and an activity for logging in by the user to the web site.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein the site activity indexes further comprise game scores acquired through games, and numerical indexes of degrees for using charged/non-charged services, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes further comprise an activity for joining web sites cooperating with and other than the web site as a member, and an activity for using services of the cooperating web sites.

10. A system for applying site activity indexes, the system being connected to a plurality of users through the Internet and comprising: a service provider server configured to provide a plurality of services comprising transactions to the users; a site activity index provider server configured to provide site activity indexes according to the users' activity results of using the services; a game server configured to execute a game provided on a web site according to game logics defined for the game; a database server configured to store information on the users, the site activity indexes, and the game; a game item buying unit configured to enable the users to buy a game item used in the game provided by the game server by using the site activity indexes; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to store the site activity indexes, wherein the site activity indexes comprise numerical activity indexes provided to the user according to the user's activities on the web site, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes comprise at least one of a transaction activity on the web site, an activity for viewing advertisements in the web site, an activity for joining events in the web site, an activity for transmitting or receiving mail through the web site, and an activity for logging in to the web site.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the site activity index provider server comprises: a site activity index generation checker configured to monitor whether the users access the web site and configured to generate site activity indexes; a site activity index reserving manager configured to store the generated site activity indexes in a site activity index database in response to the site activity indexes being generated; a site activity index using manager for configured to retrieve the site activity indexes from the site activity index database and configured to enable the users to buy the game item in response to a request of the users to use the retrieved site activity indexes so as to join a game in the web site; and a site activity index providing controller connected to the game server and the game item buying unit and configured to manage, store, and process the site activity indexes so that the users join the game.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a game credit converter configured to convert the site activity indexes into game credits in response to one of the users joining a charged game.

13. The system of claim 10 further comprising: a game credit converter configured to convert the site activity indexes into game credits in response to one of the users joining a charged game.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein the database comprises: a user database for storing member information of the users; a site activity index database for storing site activity index information comprising site activity indexes accumulated for the respective users; and a game database for storing information on the game logics for controlling execution of the game by the game server and game scores acquired by game winners according to game results.

15. The system of claim 10 wherein the site activity indexes further comprise game scores acquired through games, and numerical indexes of degrees for using charged/non-charged services, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes further comprise an activity for joining web sites cooperating with and other than the web site as a member, and an activity for using services of the cooperating web sites.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising an executable program which when executed, causes performance of the following steps: determining whether a user desires to buy a game item for use in a game provided on a web site; determining whether to use the user's site activity indexes so as to buy the game item; determining whether the user possesses the site activity indexes; and exchanging the site activity indexes with one or more game items in response to a determination that the user possesses the site activity indexes, wherein the site activity indexes comprise numerical activity indexes provided to the user according to the user's activities on the web site, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes comprise at least one of a transaction activity on the web site, an activity for viewing advertisements in the web site, an activity for joining events in the web site, an activity for transmitting or receiving mail through the web site, and an activity for logging in to the web site.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the site activity indexes further comprise game scores acquired through games, and numerical indexes of degrees for using charged/non-charged services, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes further comprise an activity for joining web sites cooperating with and other than the web site as a member, and an activity for using services of the cooperating web sites.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising an executable program which when executed, causes performance of the following steps: determining whether a user selects joining a charged game provided on a web site; determining whether to use the user's site activity indexes so as to join the charged game; determining whether the user possesses the site activity indexes; converting the site activity indexes into game credits in response to a determination that the user possesses the site activity indexes; and enabling the user to join the selected game with the converted game credits, wherein the site activity indexes comprise numerical activity indexes provided to the user according to the user's activities on the web site, and wherein the user's activities for providing the site activity indexes comprise at least one of a transaction activity on the web site, an activity for viewing advertisements in the web site, an activity for joining events in the web site, an activity for transmitting or receiving mail through the web site, and an activity for logging in to the web site.